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Children's accounts of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Full Abstract
As a postmodern illness, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is embedded in controversy, reflective of the cultural times in which we live. Within this debate, 2 perspectives, ADHD as myth and ADHD as behavioral disorder, are most frequently voiced. This article describes these 2 differing perspectives and reports qualitative data from 39 children and adolescents with a diagnosis of ADHD regarding their perceptions, meanings,and experiences of living with this disorder. None of the participants in this study denied that they had difficulties and many of the difficulties they described corresponded to DSM-IV-R criteria and the scientific literature. Given these discoveries, the continual debate about the authenticity of ADHD only further victimizes families who are in desperate need of services.
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Author information
Author/s: Kendall, Judy (J); Hatton, Diane (D); Beckett, Ann (A); Leo, Michael (M);
Affiliation: School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239-2941, USA. kendalju(-atsign-)ohsu.edu
Grants: R01-NR05001 (Agency:United States NINR)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: ANS. Advances in nursing science (ANS Adv Nurs Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2003 Apr-Jun; vol 26 (issue 2) : pp 114-30
Dates: Created 2003/06/10; Completed 2003/06/27; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12795540, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.
Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Evid Based Nurs. 2004 Apr;7(2):59. (PMID: 15106641)
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